Likely voters who watched the first presidential debate are twice as likely to say the debate made them think better of Clinton than worse.
Brihan Maharashtra Mandal convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, held over the extended July 4th weekend, had something for everyone
Colleen R LaRose alias Fatima LaRose, a 46-year-old Pennsylvania resident, was arrested in October last year and charged on four counts -- conspiracy to provide support to terrorists, attempting murder in a foreign country, indulging in identity thefts and making false statements. The five-minute hearing provided the first public glimpse of LaRose since she was accused of plotting to kill Swedish-cartoonist Lars Vilks for a blasphemous cartoon of Prophet Mohammed.
In addition to the US drug regulator, Food and Drug Administration, and rival pharma majors that appear keen to launch litigation against Indian company Ranbaxy, a US citizen has joined the bandwagon by filing a case in the world's biggest drug market.
In an unprecedented act of philanthropy to an American academic institution, the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has given a $2 million grant to the University of Pennsylvania's Centere for the Advanced Study of India, headed by Devesh Kapur, to support its research on international migration from India.This is the first time the ministry has ever awarded an empirical research grant of this magnitude to an academic institution outside India.
In addition to declaring a national emergency, US President Trump has approved major disaster declarations for New York, California, Washington, Iowa, Louisiana, North Carolina, Texas and Florida.
Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, say sources, plans to close deals, which would create jobs either in Erie, Pennsylvania or in LaGrange in Obama's home state of Illinois.
Ekal Vidyalaya, a charitable trust engaged in one of the largest non-formal, basic education projects for underprivileged children in rural India, raised close to half a million dollars last month during five charity shows in the mid-Atlantic region including New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
On Monday, the White House witnessed a reception to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, which was marked by the rhythms of bhangra music mixed by the effervescent DJ Rekha (Malhotra).In his welcoming remarks, President Obama said to loud applause and to peals of laughter, "I want to thank DJ Rekha who's been spinning a little East Room Bhangra for everybody -- mixing a hip-hop beat with the sounds of her heritage; making a uniquely American sound."
In a policy paper submitted to US Senators, the Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS) said the excessive delays in the processing of permanent residency applications due to country-wise quota contributed to America's loss of revenue, market leadership and competitive edge.
"I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but to unify; who doesn't see red states and blue states, only sees the United States," Biden said in his victory speech on Saturday night.
Third time lucky is an apt phrase to describe the remarkable rise of Joe Biden, a veteran in US politics for around five decades, from being one of the youngest senators in history to the oldest American president-to-be.
The organization headed by Mallika Dutt, its founder and president, received $125,000 (Rs 75 lakh) and an official recognition at an award ceremony on April 24 at the University of Pennsylvania.
The coronavirus has infected 1.2 million Americans and killed more than 73,000.
A 50-year-old American woman was on Friday found murdered with her throat slit near a resort in Osian village in the district and police have detained her son for questioning.
Under Khosla, an Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur alumnus who did his MS and PhD from Carnegie Mellon, there has been a 25 per cent increase in the number of PhD students there, and an increase of more than 50 per cent in the number of graduate students who were women or underrepresented minorities.
Pence and Trump will challenge Democratic Patry's presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris in the November election.
Indian Americans in Boston are preparing to throw a red-carpet welcome to anti-corruption crusader Annn Hazare, during his two-week visit to the United States, a kind of welcome, which has not been seen for a non-politician from India in recent times.
The Attorney Generals from Pennsylvania, New York, California, Illinois said the executive order signed by the US president is "discriminatory", "unconstitutional and un-American".
Lauren Brown, who was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, taught chemistry at the Methodist Rural School in Zahirabad in Andhra Pradesh's Medak district from 1964 to 1967 while serving in the Peace Corps in India.
Tiger Woods will play in the May 6 to May 9 Players Championship in Florida and the July 1-4 AT&T National in Pennsylvania, the American World No 1 said on Wednesday.
Reliance Industries will invest $1.7 billion in a project in the United States for extracting gas from shale, a sedimentary rock, in joint venture with Atlas Energy Inc.
The annual White House Easter Egg Roll has become an iconic cultural event in America. This year's event, held April 5, was no different, and featured a very special guest for all the kids -- Harry Potter author JK Rowling!
The Guruvaayoorappan temple in Morganville, New Jersey, which is the biggest of its kind in North America, has now turned into a Vrindavan of sorts with the grand opening of a cow sanctuary On the premises.
United States Congressman Joseph Pitts, a seven-term Republican representing Pennsylvania, has declared that there can be no military solution to the Kashmir imbroglio, and called on President Barack Obama to keep his campaign pledge to help resolve this dispute between India and Pakistan.
By naming the 55-year-old lawyer and politician from California as his running mate, Biden made history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party's presidential ticket. If elected she would be the first ever women to be the vice president of the US and the first ever Indian-American and African vice president of the country.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is leaving for a nine-day long tour on November 21.Dr Singh will take a break in Geneva before reaching Washington on the evening of November 22. He, along with his wife Gursharan Kaur, will stay at the luxurious and heritage Hotel Willard Inter Continental. The hotel is located at 1401, Pennsylvania Avenue, just two blocks away from the White House.
The Indian-American community, always considered numerically significant to impact a national election, could this year finally have its defining moment. "This year's Presidential election is likely to be determined by small margins in a handful of states with significant enough Indian-American populations -- states like Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Ohio," points out Toby Chaudhury, communications director for Campaign for America's Future.
Ranbir Singh Shergill, 18, was arrested this weekend and has been ordered held.
Shyam Saran, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's special envoy on climate change, who is in Pittsburgh, declared several times why India can not accept any legal or quantifiable limits to carbon emissions. There are many social issues in India, he had explained.
'While the poor have little say in shaping India's intellectual or public discourse, they do have a significant role in deciding political outcomes,' points out Roshan Kishore.
However, the 68-year-old leader continues to maintain lead in some of the key battle ground states, other polls said.
Pennsylvania-based Customers will buy shares worth $22 million from the founders.
The US Senate has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by Senators Bob Casey, Pennsylvania Democrat and George Voinovich, Ohio Republican -- both members of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee -- condemning the terrorists attacks in Mumbai and applauding India's restraint so far as it investigates the attacks.
Bharat Karnad said except for nuclear weapons, "Without indigenous production of its own weapons, a great power cannot have security," and said, "The armed services of India is remiss in not promoting and assisting the production of indigenous equipment."
Here's a look at some of the protests which has unravelled in America post the elections.
Kaine, a 58-year-old senator from the battleground state of Virginia, was nominated by voice vote.
In an interview with Business Standard's Sapna Dogra Singh and John Samuel Raja D, C Rangarajan says there are some encouraging signs in the economy, but the real recovery will come only in 2010-11.
The Indian School of Business (ISB) is the only one in the country to find a place in the list of top 20 B-schools in the world, published by the Financial Times.
Lightning Logistics, Shreyas Shibulal's start-up, rents out electric scooters along with the riders for last mile delivery.
